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Wonder Woman's invisible jet still off Hollywood's radar
1 hour ago
Maybe it’s the invisible jet? Wonder Woman has been soaring as a pop culture icon since the Roosevelt era but she can’t get on Hollywood’s radar when it comes to a solo silver-screen adventure. This summer’s Man of Steel gives Superman his eighth feature film (tying him with Batman) but Wonder Woman is stuck at zero and at this point her best IMDb prospect is a gal-pal supporting role in the shaky-sounding Justice League movie.
We took the topic to filmmaker Kristy Guevara-Flanagan (Going on 13) whose documentary Wonder Women! The Untold Story of American Superheroines is »
- Geoff Boucher
Melissa McCarthy hosts tonight's 'Saturday Night Live': Talk about it here!
3 hours ago
Melissa McCarthy has already proven herself. She won our hearts on Gilmore Girls, turned Mike & Molly into something actually worth watching, and broke through on film in the mega 2011 hit Bridesmaids.
Best of all, she showed herself to be a capable and nimble host the last time she stopped by SNL. In 2011, McCarthy’s first night at the rodeo won critical praise and high ratings. It may have spiked Hidden Valley’s salad dressing sales as well. (Er, maybe not.) This time around, she comes to the show as an even bigger star: McCarthy has both The Hangover III and »
- Hillary Busis
'Jurassic Park': A drinking game 65 million beers in the making
6 hours ago
There was a period of my life when I was watching Jurassic Park on practically a weekly basis. It was the year after graduating from college, and my friends and I had a tradition of popping in the DVD whenever we couldn’t think of anything else to do — which was admittedly often. At one point, we managed to watch the movie more than a dozen times in the course of a single month and it got to the level that we were quoting the entire movie along with it like some crazed cult. Naturally, we also developed a drinking »
- Keith Staskiewicz
'Mad Men': What major world events could appear in season 6?
6 hours ago
The new season of Mad Men kicks off this Sunday (read our review of the premiere here). As usual, the plot of the new season remains shrouded in mystery; the only photos that have surfaced so far show Don and Megan Draper lounging on a beach in Hawaii, which could mean that Mad Men is transforming into Mad Men: Hawaii, and the new season will be all about the Drapers’ wacky attempt to run a hotel in Maui. More likely, though, Mad Men’s sixth season will once again track the employees of Sterling Cooper Draper Pryce as they »
- Darren Franich
Jack Black gets roasted: Here are the top 15 zingers of the night
9 hours ago
The moment we heard that Jack Black was this year’s honoree at the infamous Friars Club roast, we expected a good show. What we didn’t expect was that Al Roker and Bob Saget would become the target of more jokes than Black himself.
During Friday’s roast, led by roastmaster Bob Saget, the insults were flying. And while most of them were funny, there were a few topics that got old fast. Yes, Al Roker pooped his pants. We get it. Yes, Jerry Lewis is very, very old. And so is Gene Simmons. And The Beach Boys. People get old, »
- Samantha Highfill
This Week On Stage: Tom Hanks and Cyndi Lauper take on Broadway
11 hours ago
It was a notable week on the boards, one that included the Broadway debut of a most-beloved film star, a reboot of a musical two-hander with quite a vocal fanbase, and the Main Stem composing debut of an ’80s pop icon. (Click on the links below to read our full reviews.)
Lucky Guy A smoky, New York-flavored ode to Mike McAlary, the respected and feared tabloid journo who exposed corruption in the NYC police ranks, Lucky Guy brings two-time Academy Award-winner Tom Hanks to the Great White Way, courtesy of a script by the late, adored Nora Ephron (Sleepless in Seattle »
- Jason Clark
To 'Room 237' and Beyond: Exploring Stanley Kubrick's 'Shining' influence with Christopher Nolan, Edgar Wright, more
15 hours ago
It was 45 years ago this weekend that Stanley Kubrick gave us 2001: A Space Odyssey, a vision of the future that still beckons, even if the title is out of date. Something similar can be said about the extraordinary artist who made the masterpiece. History tells us that Kubrick died in 1999 at the age of 70, but our current pop culture tells us that his singular genius remains relevant and challenging to those who make movies, those who consume movies, and those who write about movies for a living. We see homages to The Shining in NBC’s new horror drama »
- Jeff Jensen
Love is on the air: Who is the greatest TV couple of all time? The round of 16
5 April 2013 1:14 PM, PDT
Ross and Rachel. Clair and Cliff. Ricky and Lucy. These are just a few of the iconic pairings left competing for the chance to be EW’s “Greatest TV Couple of All Time.” Check out our full bracket here and vote in the polls below to determine who will move on to the next round. Now, the 16 remaining couples battle it out below!
Also: EW.com’s Greatest TV Romances package
Ross and Rachel, Friends vs. Derek and Meredith, Grey’s Anatomy
Marshall and Lily, How I Met Your Mother vs. Chandler and Monica, Friends
Damon and Elena, The Vampire Diaries vs. »
- EW staff
Last night's 'Parks and Rec' was an extended homage to 'Infinite Jest'
5 April 2013 9:46 AM, PDT
Newsflash: There was more to yesterday’s episode of Parks and Recreation than Ron getting sued and guest appearances by Annabeth Gish and J.K. Simmons. As USC doctoral candidate George Carstocea points out on his blog, the whole half-hour was one long homage to David Foster Wallace’s massive novel Infinite Jest — the number one book you pretend to have read in college.
Parks and Rec showrunner Michael Schur — a.k.a. the guy who occasionally plays Mose on The Office — is an admitted Dfw-phile. He wrote his undergraduate thesis on Wallace, directed a Decemberists video based on Wallace’s 1,079-page opus, »
- Hillary Busis
James Franco wants to 'make love' to Ryan Gosling's performance in 'The Place Beyond the Pines'
5 April 2013 9:36 AM, PDT
James Franco wrote an amazing post about Ryan Gosling for The Huffington Post. In it, he calls Ryan”the Gos,” references his ”toned six-pack”, and writes girl with seven “i”s. Here are the best quotes:
1. ”I loved the whole film and was engaged every moment of the way. But what I want to talk about is the first section, the Gosling section; I want to make love to this section.”
2. ”…the smoking, brooding carnival king who will ride his motorcycle like no other into the burning twilight of legend…”
3. ”Look at the writing on the bike before he paints it black; Gosling touches, »
- Sarah Caldwell
Who will replace Matt Lauer? Who cares!
5 April 2013 9:00 AM, PDT
The search for the next host of Today feels like a reality competition series—with the lowest stakes imaginable and a thankless grand prize.
Last week, as the Today show’s agonizingly slow (and publicly denied) effort to expel Matt Lauer from its eco-system blistered open with stories in New York magazine and The New York Times, an old joke about academia—or maybe morning shows—came to mind: “Why is the infighting so vicious? Because the stakes are so low.” I’m not talking about money: This is, in network-ese, a “day-part” in which salaries are measured in the millions, »
- Mark Harris
Stephen Colbert has strong feelings about Jeremy Irons' 'strong feelings' on gay marriage -- Video
5 April 2013 7:57 AM, PDT
While giving an interview to the Huffingay Huffington Post, Jeremy Irons used his lusciously British voice to say that he “doesn’t have a strong feeling either way” about gay marriage — before rattling off a list of his feelings about gay marriage. If they weren’t strong, they were very strange, including this: “Could a father not marry his son? … Men don’t breed, so incest doesn’t cover that. Now if that were so, then if I wanted to pass on my estate without death duties, I could marry my son.”
Let’s all ignore the fact that this »
- Adam Carlson
Melissa McCarthy describes her frantic 'Saturday Night Live' quick change on 'Fallon' -- Video
5 April 2013 7:33 AM, PDT
We’re all excited to see what Melissa McCarthy is going to do on this week’s Saturday Night Live (please Arlene, please please) and her interview with Fallon last night just got us even more pumped.
Looking like a total movie star — that hair — McCarthy described her quick change between the cold open and her monologue last time on SNL as ”the only time I’ve truly been assaulted… lovingly.”
Listen to the story of McCarthy’s magical change from a buck-toothed, muscular singer on Lawrence Welk to a dancing star in her monologue (all in 40 seconds):
Read »
- Sarah Caldwell
Daniel Craig and Rachel Weisz to star in Broadway revival of 'Betrayal'
5 April 2013 7:12 AM, PDT
Daniel Craig is set to star opposite his Oscar-winning wife, Rachel Weisz, this fall in the Broadway revival of Harold Pinter’s Betrayal.
In the play, to be directed by 10-time Tony winner Mike Nichols, Weisz plays a woman having an affair with her husband’s best friend. Craig will play her husband with Life of Pi actor Rafe Spall co-starring as his best friend.
Betrayal marks the Oz: The Great and Powerful actress’s Broadway debut, though she has appeared off-Broadway and won a 2010 Olivier Award for her performance as Blanche DuBois in the West End revival of A Streetcar Named Desire. »
- John Mitchell
EW's Morning Bite: And the best sound bite from last night is...
5 April 2013 7:10 AM, PDT
Submitted by Tyronious Edelstein:
”There’s only one thing I hate more than lying: skim milk. Which is water that’s lying about being milk. ”
–Ron Swanson (Nick Offerman) on Parks and Recreation
Read the rest of your submissions from Thursday April 4 and come back Sunday to share your pick for best sound bite!
Read more:
Morning Bites
Scandal recap: Black Huck Down
Hannibal debut: 5 talking points »
- EW staff
'Hannibal': Five thoughts from the premiere
4 April 2013 8:01 PM, PDT
The latest incarnation of Hannibal Lecter arrives in the form of a TV show. Lecter (Mads Mikkelsen) is introduced about halfway through NBC’s premiere as the would-be psychologist to Hugh Dancy’s FBI profiler Will Graham.
Will struggles with his emotions because of his ability to empathize with anyone. It’s this trait that allows him to get inside the minds of the criminals to ultimately solve the case, but it comes at the price of his sanity. FBI director Jack Crawford (Laurence Fishburne) reaches out to Dr. Lecter, hoping he can psychoanalyze Graham. Little does Crawford know what »
- Denise Warner
'New Girl': It's a Date?
4 April 2013 6:31 PM, PDT
So it wasn’t exactly an ends-in-fireworks first date, was it Newbies? But were you really expecting that? Tonight’s episode of New Girl had a lot to say, not just about Jess and Nick’s relationship, but about the relationships of all the loftmates. It’s a fragile ecosystem — one that can be thrown off-kilter by a lusty gaze or a missing phone charger… which is exactly where the episode began. (For those who haven’t seen the episode yet, read no further: Spoilers Ahead!)
“First Date” opened with Nick, Jess, and Schmidt lying in wait to pounce on »
- Lanford Beard
EW's Bite of the Night: Submit your favorite quote from tonight's best TV!
4 April 2013 6:00 PM, PDT
As you tune in to your favorite TV shows tonight, we think it’s only fair that You decide the night’s best sound bite.
After you’ve watched, submit your choice sound bite in the comments section of this post. Did someone say something hilarious on Community, Parks and Recreation, New Girl, or Archer? What about something from Grey’s Anatomy, Scandal, or the series premiere of Hannibal? It’s up to you!
Leave a comment with your favorite quote of the evening and the name of the character who said it or vote for someone else’s by »
- EW staff
Love is on the air: Who is the greatest TV couple of all time?
4 April 2013 3:20 PM, PDT
Ross and Rachel. Clair and Cliff. Ricky and Lucy. These are just a few of the iconic pairings competing for the chance to be EW’s “Greatest TV Couple of All Time.” Check out our full bracket here and vote in the polls below to determine who will move on to the next round. Now, the 8 couples who won their first match-ups in our “I Thought Our Story Was Epic” conference.
Also: EW.com’s Greatest TV Romances package
George and Weezy, The Jeffersons vs. Darrin and Samantha, Bewitched
Howard and Marion, Happy Days vs. Rob and Laura, The Dick Van Dyke Show »
- EW staff
Anna Kendrick, Jimmy Kimmel, Steve Carell, and more react to Roger Ebert's death on Twitter
4 April 2013 1:56 PM, PDT
Acclaimed film critic Roger Ebert died Thursday. Actors, directors, and reporters have tweeted their love and admiration for the Pulitzer Prize-winning writer after hearing the news.
Roger, I hope you’re in an infinite movie palace, watching every film the great directors only dreamed of making. Rip, @ebertchicago
— Patton Oswalt (@pattonoswalt) April 4, 2013
I started watching/reading @ebertchicago in 1984. He was a good man & a fierce advocate for great film. #RIPEbert
— RainnWilson (@rainnwilson) April 4, 2013
Shocked and truly, deeply saddened at the loss of the great Roger Ebert. A legend. His voice will be missed.
— Anna Kendrick (@AnnaKendrick47) April 4, 2013
Sad to hear about Roger Ebert passing away. »
- Sarah Caldwell
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